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| am·phim·a·cer [ am fímməssər, ámfə màyssər ] (plural am·phim·a·cers) |
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three syllables with second unstressed: a metrical foot of three syllables with the stress on the first and third syllables, or of one short syllable between two long syllables. The phrase "happy days" is an amphimacer.
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| [Late 16th century. Via Latin< Greek amphimakros "long on both sides" < makros "long"] |
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